Spain's European Parliament election campaign officially kicked off on Friday (9 May) – with a new poll suggesting the vote on 25 May will be a head to head between the governing Partido Popular (PP) and the opposition socialists (PSOE).
The PP is expected to get 33.7 percent of the votes, or around 20-21 MEPs, with the PSOE on 31 percent, yielding some 18 or 19 MEPs. In both cases this is less than the elections five years ago when the parties won 23 and 21 seats respectively.
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